A LESSON IN LAW.
The “ Loafer in the Street” has the following ; He was a young gentleman getting on in the law. It was getting pretty close to his final examination, and though there may not appear at first to be any connection between the facts he had a cheque on an up-country Bank. This he forwarded for purposes of collection to a friend, also studj’ing the law, in that locality. The amount of the original cheque forwarded was £3 Is 6d. All he got back for it was £2 2s 6d. This is how his friend accounted for the discrepancy,— s. d. Recivmg instructions... 6 8 Collecting cheque ... 6 8 PaidP.O. order ... 0 6 Letter herewith ... 5 0 Postage 0 2 19 0 Did that young man go around and use expressions familiar to the driver of bullocks ? Well, a little so, but he got round the transaction like this, “Well, it’s rather high this charge,” lie said, “ hut there’s one thing about it, in a few short months I shall be able to charge the same.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2369, 20 October 1880, Page 3
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178A LESSON IN LAW. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2369, 20 October 1880, Page 3
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